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LABELING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November. 4, 1910. Serial No. 590,689.

all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J. GAYNoR, of Indianapolis, county of Marion,and State of Indiana, have invented a certain useful Labeling-Machineand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a machine foraflixing labels to bottles, cans and the like in an upright position;that is, the bottles and cans are fed to and through the machineconstantly in an upright position, and the labels applied theretovertically while in such position. Therefore, the label is alwaysapplied to the bottle or can in the true position and the labels will beabsolutely uniform.

Another feature of the invention is the provision of a machineto. whichthe bottles oizcans do not have to be fed regularly. They may be put onthe conveyer in bunches and yet the machine will apply the labels to the.bottles or cans one after the other the same as if they were fed atregular intervals. I

Another feature of the invention consists in automatically regulatingthe operation under the control of the bottle or can being fed to themachine, so that the label feeding and paste applying apparatus does notoperate when there is nothing to apply a label to.

Another feature of the invention consistsin dispensing with pasterollers.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanyingdrawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine. Fig. .2 isa section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of theright-hand side ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine with aportion broken away. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig.6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. 4 with arts omitted. Fig. 7 is asection on the line 7 of Fig. 1 showing a label being started on abottle. Fig. 8 is a section on the. line 8--8 of Fig. 7 with partsomitted; Fig. 9 is a section on the line 99 of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is thesame as a portion of Fig. 7 showing the label partially on a bottle andpaste being applied to therear edge. F 11 is a section on the line 11-11of Fig. 10. -Fig. 12 is a section section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 10.$14 is a plan View of the cam mechanism of the machine viewed from theline 1414 of ,Fig. 13, an altered position being shown by dotted lines.Fig. 15 is a section on the line l5l5 of Fig. 13. Fig. 16 is the same asFig. 15 with the feeding mechanism in altered position. Fig. 17 is aperspective view of a post shown at the right-hand end 'of the labels inFig. 15, the same being partially broken away. Fig. 18 is a perspectiveview ofthe plate shown at the left-hand end of the labels in Fig. 15,the same being partially broken away. Fig. 19 is a section on the line19-19 of Fig. 4. Fig. 20 is a horizontal section on the line 20-2O ofFig. 1, showing the central portion of the machine with the parts inposition when no bottles or cans are being labeled. Fig; 21 is the sameshowing the parts in the positions while the bottles or cans are beinglabeled. Fig. 22 is a vertical section on the line 22- 22 of Fig. 20.Fig. 23 is a side elevation of the clutch operating lever. Fig. 24 is aside elevation of the clutch mechanism, parts being broken away. Fig. 25is a section on the line 2525 of Fig. 5.

There is a horizontal L-shaped frame supported at suitable workingdistance above the floor by an upright frame 20 at the corner of theL-shaped frame, and legs 21 at one end and legs 22 at the other end, seeFigs. 1 and 3. The horizontal frame is made up of side bars 23 for onebranch of the frame and bars 24" for the other branch of the.

frame. They are connected byend plates 26 and 27, respectively. Thehorizontal frame may be integral or not, as desired. The

bottles 28 or things to be labeled are carried to and through themachine in an upright position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. They arecarried to the labeling part of the. machine by an endless conveyer 29,see Fig; l, which is carried on rollers 30 and 31 mounted in the sidebars 23, the latter roller being near the corner of the frame. label hasbeen applied to the bottle or other article, it is carriedaway from thelabeling part of the machine by another endless conveyer 32, which ismounted on similar rollers 33 and 34, see Fig. 3.

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on the line 12-12 of Fig. 10. Fig. 13

After the Z The conveyors 29 and. 32 are driven by means appearing inFig. 4. Power is apframe.

plied from any suitable source through the belt 135 to the pulley 35 onthe shaft 36 mounted transversely in a pair of side frames 136 whichcarry a sprocket wheel 37, see Fig. 6, by which the chain 38 is driven.Tlll'S. chain 38 extends about a sprocket wheel 39 on the shaft 40 ofthe roller 27. The shaft 40 is mounted transversely in the righthand endof the frame, as shown in Fig. 4, with the outer end supported by thebracket 41 extending from the side bar 24- of 'the Said chain alsotravels over a sprocket wheel 42 on a shaft 43 mounted in a box 343secured to the frame 136, see Fig. 20. The chain 38 is tightened by thetightener wheel 44 which is mounted by the spindle 45 in the block 46adjustably mounted on the frame bolt 47.

The shaft 43 carries a bevel wheel 50, see Fig. 5, which meshes with abevel wheel 51 on a shaft 52 mounted transversely in the side bars 23and which carries the roller 31' which drives the conveyer 29. As seenin Fig. 7, the bottle is conveyed by the belt 29 and discharged on thestationary table 60 and then is pushed by the plunger 61 intoposition tobe engaged by the belt 62 and turned against the guide plate 63 until itreaches the conveyer 32. While it is being moved by the belt 62 thelabel is being aplied, and when it reaches the conveyer 32 1t has beenlabeled.

The plunger 61 slides loosely on the table 60 and is pivoted to the endof the plunger rod 64, which moves through the guides 65 secured on thetable 60, as seen in Fig. 4. It is reciprocated by the lever 66, whichis fulcrumed at 67 to the arm 68 from the frame 136, as shown in Fig. 3.The plunger rod 64 is pivoted to the lower end of the lever 66, and atthe upper end of the lever 66 the connecting rod 69 is pivoted, which isoperated by the cam disk,70. The cam disk 70 is secured on the upper endof a shaft 71, see Figs. 13 and 14, which-is mounted vertically inbrackets 72 and 73 from the side frame 136. The shaft 71 is driven bythe sprocket. wheel 74 and chain 75, see Figs. 7

and 13. The chain 75 is driven by the sprocket wheel 76 on the shaft 77mounted in the bearing 78 in the frame 136 and in the table 60, seeFigs. 3 and 7. Said shaft carries a bevel gear ,80 on its upper end, seeFig. 4, which meshes with a bevel gear 81 on the shaft 36 and is therebydriven.

The belt 62 engages the side of the bottles,

and for that purpose travels at one end on a.

roller 90, see Fig. 7, which is mounted on a bracket 91 secured to theplate 92, which extends up from the frame of the machine for ashortdistance, as shown in Fig. 3, and also on the roller 94 mounted in thearms 95 secured to the other end of said plate 92. The roller 94 is on ashaft 96 which carries a pinion 97 meshing with the gear 98 on the shaft77 and is driven thereby. Said'belt 62 moves along the inner surface ofthe plate 92, as shown m Fig. 7, so as to be in frictional engagementwith the peripheries of the bottles or cans and cause them to revolve asthey are moved along. An idler 101 is carried by the arm 100 for thebelt 62, see

Fig. 7. As the belt 62 moves a bottle, the

other side of the bottle bears against the guide plate 63 mounted ontheend of a horizontal bar 103, wh ichis reciprocable through the frame136, see Fig. 19, and is forced inwar'dly by the spring104 which isconnected at its outer end to the outer end of a bar 103 and at itsinner end to the frame 136. The guide plate 63 slides or rests on thetable 60.

The labels 110 are supported edgewise in a holder formed of a removablewooden plate 111 which is placed on a metal plate or table 112, see Fig.11, and along the rear side a bar 113 guides one end of the labels,

and a copper plate 114 guides the other end of the labels. The bar 113and plate 114 are secured to the metal bottom 112. The plate 114 has anin-turned lip 115 for the advancing labels to engage at one end, and

at the other end they engage the inclined surface of the post 116. Saidpost is secured at its bottom to the plate 112 and at the top to the bar117, see Fig. 13. This bar is partly vertical and partly horizontal, thev'ertica1 portion extending from the plate or table 112.

A follower 120, see Fig. 3, feeds the labels,

said follower being mounted on an arm 121 which islsecured to a rod 122which reciprocates through the guide 123 on the bar 117 and the guide124 secured to the frame 136. In the latter guide a sheave wheel orpulley 127 is mounted, and a chain 128 passes over it and is connectedto the outer end of the rod 122, and the other end of said chain carriesa Weight 129, said weight tending to move said rod 122, and, therefore,the follower 120, to push the labels.

The advancing label is fed by the feed plate 130, which is fulcrumed onan arm 131, see'Fig. 15, which is fulcrumed at 132, see Fig. 7 to thebracket 133 secured on the rod 134. Therod 134 reciprocates in the arms137 and 138, the former of which extends from the vertical portion ofthe bar 117 see Fig. 7, and the latter of which extends from the post-116, see Fig. 15. The rod 134 is actuated by the rocking lever 140,which is yoked at its lower end-to engage the pin 141 in the rod 134.The lever 140 is fulcrumed at 142 between its ends to the bracket 143,see Figs. 1 and 13, which exbracket'143. The return movement of the rod134 is caused by the spring 147, one end of the spring being connectedto the lower end of the lever 140 and the other end to an arm 148 whichextends from the table 60. When the lever 140 is actuated by the cam 70,the feed plate 130 frictionally engages one of the labels and pushes itforward. A cam 15 0 is secured on the end of a rod 151, which isfastened to a plate 152 from the post 116, see Figs. 10 and 13. The cam150 projects below the bar 151 and is pointed on one end and widenedbackwardlytherefrom for some distance. A pin 155 on the rod 131 engagessaid cam on its return movement from the full line position shown n Fig.16 to the dotted line position there- In and travels along the outersurface of the cam, which forces the feed plate 130 away from the labelsuntil after the rod 131 is moved to the right far enough to cause thepin to pass around the right-hand end of the cam 150 from the positionshown in dotted lines in Fig. 16 to the dotted line position shown inFig. 15, whereupon the plate comes in engagement with the label. Thestill further movement to the right of the rod 131 causes the plate 130to move from the dotted line position shown in Fig. 15 to the full-lineposition,'and such movement causes a slight movement of the outer labelto the right hand, as indicated in Fig. 15, whereby the left-hand edgeof the label is disengaged froni the lip 115 on' theplate 114, and putin position to be fed forwardly to the bottle.

The movement just described is caused by the spring 147 and then the cam70 begins to acton the lever 140 and causes the rod 131 and plate 130 tobe moved from the right-hand position shown in Fig. 15 toward the left,and such movement ofthe plate feeds the outer label forwardly around aportion of the conveyer 62 which passes about the pulley 90, and itcomes in engagement with the bottle and is caught between the bottle andthe belt 62 and'moves with thebelt and bottle as the bottle is turned,from the position shown. in Fig. 7 to that shown in Fig. 10. The feedplateis held against the labels by the spring 160 which is fastenedtothe rod 131 at' one end and at the other end to the post 162 on thetable 60. The right-hand end of the cam lever 151 is pushed outwardly bya spring 163 until it is stopped by a stop 164 in the plate 152. Thespring one end to the lever 151 and at the other end to the post 116,and that renders the end of the lever 151, on which the cam is mounted,yielding.

The pasting device includes a paste tank 17 0 connected with the table60 and below the level of the top thereof. The paste is lifted by a belt171 which operates verti- 163 is fastened at 'of the frames 136, seeFig. 7. The belt 171 is operated by a friction disk 177 engaging theupper pulley 173, as shown in Fig. 13, said disk being secured on theshaft 71, see Fig. 7. As the belt 171 operates, the upwardly movingportion thereof carries paste with it, which is transferred from'thebelt to vertically extending brushes 180, which are secured to a shaft181, seeFigs. 9, 10 and 13. The shaft 181 is secured to the lower end ofthe shaft 71, as shown in Fig; 8, and is actuated thereby and is closeenough to the label holder for the brushes to engage the outer label andapply paste thereto, see Fig. 10. There are two of the brushes 180secured so that one of them will apply paste to the advance edge of thelabel and the other brush will apply paste to the rear edge of thelabel. The paste applied to the advance edge of the label causes thelabel to adhere to the bottle as soon as it is fed to the bottle, andthus the label is drawn around the bottle, as shown in Fig. 10, whilethe label is being forced outwardly by the pusher. The parts of themachine are geared with relation to each other so that they willcoiiperate at the right time as specified.

The label feeding means in the machine is thrown into and out ofoperation automatically by the bottles or cans passing through themachine to be labeled, so that when no bottle or can is in position tobe labeled, the label affixing means will not be in operation. Thismechanism is shown most clearly in Figs. 20 to 24.

As the bottle moves along to the label aflfixing machine over theconveyer 29, it.

engages the trip arm 200., see Fig. 10, which is secured to the shaft201, see Fig. 1, which has bearings at its upper end in the bar 202, andat its. lower end in a bar 203 secured to the table 60, and the spring204' is coiled about said shaft in order to return the arm 200 to itsnormal position across the conveyer 29. It is stopped in its returnmovement by an upwardly projecting plate or angle iron 304 from the sidebar 23, so that the bottle pushes the arm 200 from the position shown inFigs. 10 and 20 to the position shown in Fig. 21 against the action ofsaid spring, see also Fig. 1. Above the spring 204, which surrounds theshaft 201, a crank 205 is secured, see Fig. 20, from which a connectingbar 206 extends to a clutch ac-' tuating lever 207 which is fulcrumed at208 to an arm 209 projecting from one of the frames 136. The clutchactuating lever 207 has an upwardly projecting cam 210, see Fig. 23,which is curved, as shown in Figs. 20 and 21. When the clutch actuatinglever 207 is in its normal or idle position, as shown in Fig. 20, due tothe action of the spring 204, said lever will be against the clutchingend of the hub 211 of the sprocket wheel 74, see Figs. 13 and 20. Saidsprocket wheel hub 211 has a notch or shoulder 212 adapted to be engagedby a pin 213 from a sliding clutch member 214. The sprocket wheel hub211 is loosely mounted on the shaft so as to freely rotate when notclutched by the part 214, as seen in Fig. 22, but when the member 214 isin clutching position, as shown in Fig. 24, power will be transmittedfrom the sprocket wheel to the shaft 71, as there is a spline or key 215in the shaft 71 which engages the clutch member 214. The clutch member214 has-a roller 216 projecting from it, see Figs. and 22, adapted toride up over the cam 210, and that enables the cam to disengage theclutch, and when thus disengaged, no power is transmitted from thesprocket wheel 74 to the shaft 71, and hence the label feeding andpasting means do not operate. As soon as the plunger 61 pushes thebottle out of engagement with the trip arm 200, the spring 204 willreturn said trip arm and said clutch mechanism to the position shownin'Fig. 20. But by the time ,the clutch member 214 and shaft 71 havemade a revolution so that the roller will ride upon the cam 210 andthrow the clutch out of operation, the bottle will have been moved farenough from the position shown at the right-hand end of Fig. 21 to beengaged by the belt 62 to continue the further movement of the bottle,as shown in Fig. 7. The label feeding means and the paste applying meansthen stop, but the belt 62 runs all the time, and, therefore, turns thebottle and causes the label to be applied thereto in the mannerheretofore explained. Therefore, the label feeding means and pasteapplying means are automatically controlled y the bottles or cans beinglabeled. When there is none going into the machine, said parts will notoperate, but as soon'as the bottle or can is fed into the machine, itwill throw said parts into operation as explained.

An 'arm 220 extends backwardly from one side of the plunger 61 to stopsucceeding bottles creams, and hold them back on the conveyer 29 untilthe advancing bottle has been pushed to the position shown in Fig. 7 andthe plunger 61 has returned to the position shown in Fig. 10. Thisenables the bottles to be placed on the conveyer 29 in any way, inbunches or irregularly, and they would not need to be spaced at all. Theconveyer 29 will feed them up against the arm 220 and then the advancebottle will pass said arm and in position in front of the plunger, oneat a time. When the bottles follow each other in: quick succession, asshown in Fig. 21, the trip 200 will be in actuated position practicallyall the time,

and the clutch mechanism will be causing the shaft 71 to operate all thetime.

While a round bottle is herein shown, the machine will afiix labels tosquare bpxes or cans, .and in that event the box or can is fed acrossthe table entirely by the plunger 61 instead of only partially.

I claim as my invention:

1. A labeling machine including a table, a conveyer for conveyingbottles. or the like to the table, a second conveyer extending from saidtable at a right-angle to said first conveyer for conveying bottles orthe like from the table after they have been labeled, a plunger formoving the bottles or the like on said table from their position afterleaving the first conveyer toward the second conveyer, and means formoving the bottles or the like after they leave said plunger to thesecond conveyer "and applying the label thereto while being so moved..

2. A labeling machine including a table,

a conveyer for conveying bottles or the like to the table, a secondconveyer extending from said table at a right-angle to said firstconveyer for conveying bottles or the like from the table after theyhave been labeled, a plunger for moving the bottles or the like on saidtable from the position after leaving the first conveyer toward thesecond conveyer, a guide plate at one side of the table leading to saidsecond conveyer, a horizontally moving vertical belt at the other sideof the table in position to engage the sides of the bottle or the likeafter it has left said plunger and turn it and move it toward saidsecond conveyer, and means for feeding a label between said belt andbottle.

a conveyer for conveying bottles-or the like to the table, a plunger formoving the bottle or the like on said table from said .conveyer, meansfor affixing the labels to the bottles or the like while moving on thetable and means movable into and out of position above the conveyer forstopping the bottles or the like on said conveyer and holding them backwhile the advance bottle or the like is being moved by the plunger intolabeling position. 7

4. A labeling machine including a table, a conveyer for conveyingbottles or the like to the table, a plunger for moving the bottle or thelike on said table from said conveyer,

the-bottle or the like after being pasted.

6. A labeling machine including a. table over which bottles or the likemay be moved;

means for holding the labels in a vertical position, means for feedingsaid labels one at a time edgewise to the labeling position,

a vertical shaft located near said labels, vertical brushes on saidshaft in positionto engage the advance and rear ends of the labels,means for applying paste to said brushes as the shaft revolves, andmeans for affixing the labels vertically to the bottle or the like.

7. A labeling machine including a table over which bottles or the likemay be moved, means for holding the labels in a vertical position, meansfor feeding said labels one at a time edgewise to the labeling position,a vertical shaft located near said labels, vertical brushes on saidshaft in position to engage the advance and rear ends of the labels, apaste tank, and a vertically operated belt running in said paste tankand extending up parallel with and near said shaft in position to engagesaid brushes and apply paste thereto.

8. A labeling machine including a table over which bottles or the likemay be moved, means for holding the label in a vertical position, meansfor feeding the labels one at a time edgewise, a vertical roller betweenthe label holding means and the labeling position of the bottle or thelike and flush with the forward edge of a label holding means, and abelt movable horizontally about said roller and in position to engagethe label as it is fed forward and force-it against the bottle or thelike and feed the latter forwardly.

9. A labeling machine including a table over which bottles or the likemay be moved, means for holding the label in a vertical positionprovided with side pieces at the label feeding end with projectionsoverlapping the advance label, a follower for pressing the labels towardsaid projections, feeding means adapted to engage the advance labelduring its return movement and release the advance edge of said labelfrom said projection and for feeding the label to the labeling positionin the forward movement of said label feeding means, and means foraflixing the label to the bottle or the like after it has been fed tothe labeling position.

10. A labeling machine including a table over which bottles or the likemay be moved, means for holding the label in a vertical positionprovided with side pieces at the label feeding end with projectionsoverlapping the advance label,- a follower for pressing the I labelstoward said pr ojections, a reciprocatory feeding'means,means forguiding said feedingmeansso that it will engage the ad- Vance labelduring its return movement and releasethe advance edge of said labelfrom said projection and for feeding the label to the labeling positionin the forward movement of said label feeding means, and means foraffixing the label to the bottle or the like after it has been fed tothe labeling position. 11. A labeling machine including a table overwhich bottles or the like may be moved, means for holding the label in avertical position provided with side pieces atthe label feeding end withprojections overlapping the advance label, a follower for pressing thelabels toward said projections, a feeding plate, a rod to which thefeeding plate is pivoted at one end, reciprocatory means to which theother end of the rod is pivoted, a pin projecting vertically from saidrod, a rocking cam guide bar, a cam guide project- 1 ing from said barin position to be engaged by said pin for moving said feeding plate, asit reciprocates, away from the labels, a spring for drawing said rodtoward the labels for holding the feeding plate against the advancelabel when said pin is free from said cam guide, and means for affixingthe label to the bottle or the like after it has been fed to thelabeling position.

12. A labeling machine including a table over which bottles or the likemay be moved,

means forholding the label in a vertical position provided with sidepieces at the label feeding end with projections overlapping the advancelabel, a follower for pressing the labels toward said projection, afeeding plate, a rodto which the feeding plate is pivoted at one end,reciprocatory means to which the other end of the rod is pivoted, a pinprojecting vertically from said rod, a rocking cam guide bar, a camguide projecting from said bar in position to be engaged by saidpin formoving said feeding plate, as it reciprocates, away from the labels, aspring tending to move said cam guide bar so as to force the cam guidetoward the labels, a stop for limiting such movement, a spring fordrawing said rod toward the labels for holding the feeding plate againstthe advance label when said pin is free from said cam guide, and meansfor aflixing the label to the bottle or the like after it has been fedto the labeling position.

13. A labeling machine including a table over which bottles or-the likemay be moved, means for moving the bottles in a vertical position, meansfor holding the label in a vertical position provided with side piecesat the label feeding end with projections overlapping the advance label,a follower for pressing the labels toward said projections, a feedingplate, a rod to which the feeding plate is pivoted atone end, a leverfor giving said rod the feeding movement, In witness whereof,I havehereunto aflixed a cam for actuating said label, a common my signaturein the presence of the witnesses means for driving said cam and movingthe herein named. I V o bottle or the like into labeling position, a v 1JOHN J. GAYNOR. 5 spring for returning sald rod, and means Witnesses: 1

for aflixing the label to'the bottle or thelike LOUIS F. BRUHNs, afterit has been fed to the labeling position. PATRICK F. OCONNORJ

